Valerie Confections Quotes & Sayings

Men of profound sadness betray themselves when they are happy: they have a mode of seizing upon happiness as though they would choke and strangle it, out of jealousy
ah, they know only too well that it will flee from them! — Friedrich Nietzsche

Sometimes, how a situation is perceived carries more weight than the reality of the matter. — Tammara Webber

If you want to see Chris Jericho drink a beer with Stone Cold Steve Austin, give me a doo-a dee-dee-dam, dee-dee-doo. — Chris Jericho

Faith is stronger than so-called reason. — Hermann Hesse

And believing that we are broken is the same as being broken. It means we experience ourselves that way. That perception shapes our reality. It is an illusion we must strive to avoid, as great misery comes from such a belief. — Jewel

I always find filming stressful. I get very caught up thinking about my character - 'Am I doing it right? Should it be done this way?' — Naomie Harris

We can rarely tell others what we really think about them
not just because it would so wound them, but also because it would so wound ourselves. — Douglas Kennedy

The angels had guitars before they had wings. — Meat Loaf

Curiously, the balance seems to come when writing is woven into every aspect of my life, like eating or exercising - one flows constantly into the next: I'll wake up and have coffee, read the news, then write a letter or two (always in longhand), then go teach, and after teaching write a bit in a journal - dreams, what I had for breakfast and lunch and why I had it, what's on the iPod, sexual habits, etc. - then read a bit, then work on a real bit of writing ... you get the idea. — Kevin Keck

The symmetries of immanence are cruel. — George Steiner

In my opinion, being an effective leader requires being an effective listener. The most productive leaders are usually those who are consistently willing to listen and learn. — John Wooden

I'm more interested in seeing what the material tells me than in imposing my will on it. — John Chamberlain

Ends Meet


1
Could be
time is practice,

balance,

the action
executed in the mind
before and after.

Where does mind end?


2
We mark a break
with what has come before,

come through the door,

down the hatch.

Not a clean break
exactly.


3
Our life was rehearsal,
Mother almost said

so that we believed
we would escort her

to the future
where she could be happy. — Rae Armantrout